Outstanding Achievement
2026 NOMINATIONS
Features
Feature
4/4 by Filip Prelevic

Astral Plain Drifter

A Record of Love
Beget
Summer Interlude

Don’t Make Friends - Winner Worcester

Feature Documentary
Rice & Sugar
The Guardian of Stories

Flowers Beyond the Dark

Love Me Bait Me - Mass Spirit Award
​Unproduced Screenplays
Finalists
Short Screenplays
COFFEE?! By Gabriel Silverio

It's Time by Robert John Lanciani

Rare Birds by Nicola Rose

The Music Of Mao Bao by Kevin Hernandez
This is Zuu by JoJo Guevara

Feature Length Screenplays
Don't Make Autumn Fall by Xi Ren

Frozen Lies by Eric R Lotter

Presence by Michael Neel

They Let Him Go by Adam Lamparello

The Problem with Jenny
by Rani Deighe Crowe

Mass Indie Spirit Awards
The Mass Indie Spirit Awards will also be awarded during the Awards Ceremony. They are projects selected by the jury that believe exemplifies the true spirit of independent cinema. And often it is not a project that has been nominated for any more traditional award.
Student Short
Nor'easter by Ricky Jessurun
Shattered by Sydney Rene Gemme
Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Burnout by Angel Disla
Monument by Allison Thompson
Scalae Sensus by Allison Thompson
Unfortunate Preconceptions by Zoe Slot
Blank Slate by Gaby Estabrooks
Comedy Shorts
Tongue
by Gabe Kimpson & Christina Alexandra
Heckler Guy by Miguel Lopez de Leon Details (About the End of the World)
by Elli Aspasia Papadiamanti
Raccoon Soup by Janie Gentry
Young Hot Divorcée by Tova Hopemark
Grimm & Grimmer by Libby Cowley (Australia)
Shorts
Short

Creator by Jon Pivko

FranksList by Christine Celozzi

Sit With Me While I Die by Brian Russell 
Rain Was Not in the Forecast by Brian Russell
First Patient by Jordan Battiste

Sorry, She Can't Help Herself
by Roqiye Tavakoli

Shallow End by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
Palace Pizza by Anthony Neri

Annie by Alyssa Horrobin (Canada) 

International
I Owe You One
by Santi Capuz, Diego Jiménez (Spain)

Remains by Fabio Bobbio (Italy) 

Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran)

Details (About the End of the World)
by Elli Aspasia Papadiamanti (Greece) 

Annie by Alyssa Horrobin (Canada)

La Mister by Domenico de Ceglia (Italy)

Sorry, She Can't Help Herself
by Roqiye Tavakoli
Best Short Documentary
Face Off for Heroes by Michael Penhollow Home by Johanny Mota 

Salmon Restoration on the Penobscot River by Sunlight Media Collective 

The Last Lobsterman by Jason Conforti Veno, Struggling Artist
by Marc Bowen Kornblatt 

Where’s My Coffee Cup? by Yehuda Sharim 
Untold Legends of Comic Books Presents Bernie Wrightson by Chris Denmead 

New England Short
Galilee by Rachelle A. Dermer

Scenes From a Summer Day by Jack Galvin
Shattered by Sydney Rene Gemme 

Dog in a Manger by Jacob Varney

Saudade by Emerson Mako, Amy Valentine
Dissection Day by Rachel Thomas-Medwid 
Family Business by Darcy Lally
& Emily Gelinas 

I’m the Hero by Daniel Bartlett

Say Hello by David Graziano

Bear Brook by Tony Fanini
Massachusetts Short
The Impostor Syndrome: Episode 1
by Wednesday Klevisha 

Thickly Settled by Brian D Jones
& Jordan Brooks

Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna

A Genre Fluid Film
by Adam (Jessica) Griswold 

Blue by Marco J Sandoval

Join the Club by Melissa Dimetres

Buckle Up by Jay Connolly 

Liquid Spine, Great Marsh by Katie Pustizzi
Christine by Nyah Gazda

Drowned by Ryan Nunes, Sean Campbell

Worcester County Short
Periphery by Brittany Severance
& Herman E. Servatius 

Not for Sale by Jeff Tocci

LoverGurl by Kris Salvi

Pumpkin Pie by Karin Trachtenberg

Last Laughs by Michael Rekola

Into Reality by Matt Gorman

Horror Short
Brothers of the Apocalypse by Luke Tatro 
Shift by Bridgette Cannell 

The Celebration by Jacek Wladyslaw Kudas
Infectum (A Possession) by John Westcott 
Mirage by Zavius Aponte 

Prom Party Massacre by Jordan Gustafson 
Christine by Nyah Gazda 

Animation Short
Ball Lightning by Catriona Trina Baker 
Boxboy Jr.: Cardboard Box Adventures
by Alex Lanier 

Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran) Have a Nice Dream by Jonathan Kirkpatrick Not Dead by Alex Reis 

Started Off in the Basement
by Conni St. Pierre
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Experimental Short
Prayer of the Sea by Martin Gerigk (Germany)
Lost Dreams by Andrew Wakeman Proctor
The Geologic Record of My Heart
by Joanne Burke
Ars Animalis for Troubled Times
by Anne Ciecko
Gone with the Sun by Sam Walker
Finale / Interlude 2: "Cast Aside"
by Marco P Steel
Ant Girl by Amanda Besl